South Side Slasher....

tidalik said :

What a horrible person. Roads are where cars live; where else are you supposed to put your car? On the nature strip, so you kill your street tree? Up on the footpath, so grannies and kids on tricycles can’t get past? Not everyone has a driveway.

Get some sort of bear trap, I say, and put it next to your car.

Or maybe pour some wet paint down so that he/she leaves footprints that you can track and then put the bear trap outside their own house.

I wouldn’t go as far as bear traps, although it would be somewhat amusing listening to the shreiks of pain in the night would be a nice little piece of vindication.

I have had similar problems with my car in Gungahlin, albeit it was one of constant tampering and not slashing. Went on for a few years, decided to do something about it, went down to an electronics store bought a dummy spy camera placed it in the car so it was visible, placed a note on the dashboard saying “Smile” and haven’t had a problem since.

If you wanted to go a bit further and actually record via an infared camera in the car, I have been informed that it isn’t to hard to fit a car out and power, not too expensive, but you may get the cost back in the long run once the offender is identified.

Does anyone dispute that this person, whatever age, creed, gender, race or intellectual disability, needs to be beaten to a pulp?

Once or twice as a child prank is tolerable. Now it is war.

Good luck the residents capturing the person.

aussielyn said :

Mc Millan Cres I bet !
There has been a serial tyre spiker there for years……….

The crime wave in Narrabundah seems to have abated given increased police presence.
Report anything to Crime Stoppers so at least the police know that crime is happening.

I can both confirm the tyre slasher story and refute the crime wave abatement theory; neighbours on my street have been slashed often over the last few years. I’ve been burgled three times in the last three years, twice in the last 3 months.

Mc Millan Cres I bet !
There has been a serial tyre spiker there for years. He seems to roam between a certain servo on Canberra Ave and a certain block of flats in Narrabundah. Inadequate parking by the developer has resulted in street parking that this low life targets.
Getting a conviction would be difficult. It is all a matter of the law of evidence.

The crime wave in Narrabundah seems to have abated given increased police presence.
Report anything to Crime Stoppers so at least the police know that crime is happening.

Has anyone in bundah had their cars egged, it’s happend a few times to a friend

What a horrible person. Roads are where cars live; where else are you supposed to put your car? On the nature strip, so you kill your street tree? Up on the footpath, so grannies and kids on tricycles can’t get past? Not everyone has a driveway.

Get some sort of bear trap, I say, and put it next to your car.

Or maybe pour some wet paint down so that he/she leaves footprints that you can track and then put the bear trap outside their own house.

I’m not surprised that the Police in this town did nothing. They refuse to do anything when it comes to major car vehicle accidents, home break ins, car break ins or damage to property. I know because I have been a victim of all these crimes and the only thing the police have ever done was fob me off and give me a number for my insurance company. God forbid that they would do, you know, some actual police investigation.

The tales are true. Lived there for a year, in that time my wife and I experienced two slashings – first time was just one tire on my car, second time was all four brand new tyres on my wife’s car. Very annoying and a costly reminder not to leave car out on the street overnight. One of the reasons we moved out of the bundah.

Best laugh out loud I have had in ages PBO…..You can just imagine the members of the Guardian Angles, they would all have one eye brow raised and have a constant look of perplexion on their face.

How horrid when you have just moved here. There are some real LCDs around that is for sure no matter where you live.

You could always seek help from the vigilante group recently talked about in the paper and on the RA. They might offer to patrol the area until the moron is caught. The residents might be able to make up a night roster to keep an eye and take the creep’s number plate details. If he has a car of course.

A doberman on a long leash next to the car might also work.

the rupert said :

Give the Gaurdian Angles a call, they just opened a new chapter in Canberra…. that should keep them busy

Call the Guardian Angels instead, the Guardian Angles always seem really obtuse.

A Super Soaker and a couple of water bombs filled with straight food dye. Ambush the bastard and give him a liberal dousing. Shouldn’t be hard to identify someone dyed green (unless you do it on St Patricks Day)

the rupert said :

Give the Gaurdian Angles a call, they just opened a new chapter in Canberra…. that should keep them busy

hahahahaha are they doing anything yet?

lynch mob! come on guys….
Friend of mine had tyres done in the last week too.

Video camera.

And get a sensor light.

and attach the sensor to half a dozen high wattage flood lights all pointing at your car…

Although Danman’s suggestion sounds more fun.

Give the Gaurdian Angles a call, they just opened a new chapter in Canberra…. that should keep them busy

I did some seaching and found the story I was thinking of, it was on the UK Telegraph website

“A cyclist who resented the “inconsiderate manner” of motorists took revenge by puncturing more than 1,700 car tyres in a 10-day period”

The full story is at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1457663/Cyclist-slashed-1700-tyres-of-rude-motorists.html

I heard a similar story a while ago about a resident stabbing tyres with a screw driver, turns out he was a disgruntled cyclist. The police caught him and I think they caught him in the act. I don’t remember any more details but I think was in Canberra.

Cynical bunch of Rioters………..though the thought did cross my mind as well. May be spending to much time here…………

A sensor light would only light the way for the slasher. I agree with Niftydog, poisonous gas is the answer.

By “in the street” do you also include driveways, or just people parked on the road/footpaths?

Danman said :

Sounds like you need to hide in the bushes with a baseball bat – Nightslasher, meet your arch nemisis, night basher.

Hate to say it, but this is probably about the only solution that would actually work.

Is there a local Tyre Service in Narrabundah? They could be drumming up business.

Maybe he owns the local tire shop.

The answer is obvious; Fill your tires with poisonous gas.

We have Police??? I thought they’d all been replaced by speed cameras….I certainly haven’t seen an actual copper for years.

Get a lynch mob together (should be easy on this site) and track him or her down and tar and feather them. I know that it sounds a bit extreme but is it illegal when it is done by a mob?

Sounds like you need to hide in the bushes with a baseball bat – Nightslasher, meet your arch nemisis, night basher.

Could be a bit of a wait if there is more than one operative though.

I haven’t heard of anything like this but god that must make you angry! Time for a bit of personal investigating I think!